new old stock vox teardrop

[Mikey]

I too had a Hutchins pentagonal shaped Phantom copy for a while and thought it was ok. The pickups were particularly good. I'd quite like one of the US Phantoms.

[kipper]

The best-remembered Vox solid guitars were made in England, with many of the bodies and necks under contract by the G-Plan furniture factory. The Eko connection came later (the middle of the sixties), when some models were transferred over to Italian manufacture and other, newer, guitars were introduced. Italian-made models are easily distinguishable from the genuine article*. Most pre-existing Vox guitar models never made it through into the Italian era, and those few that did were usually given "improved" appointments such as bound necks, zero-frets and Eko-style truss-rod adjustment. As a rule of thumb, if a Vox guitar is either semi-acoustic, or solid with a bound neck, it's Italian.

JN

[* The genuine article being things like the Stroller, Duotone, Shadow, Ace, Super Ace, Escort, New Escort, Soundcaster, Consort, Phantom, Phantom Mk VI (teardrop), Symphonic bass, etc. The best of those were built according to a Fender-like ethos, and some of them (especially the Soundcaster, Symphonic Bass, Consort and New Escort) were - for the time - quite close copies of Fender models.]

thanks jim, g plan guitar thats the way to go but i guess thats what happened back then. its intresting reading about vox guitars. peter

[kipper]

I too had a Hutchins pentagonal shaped Phantom copy for a while and thought it was ok. The pickups were particularly good. I'd quite like one of the US Phantoms.

mikey just ordered a teardrop from phantom guitarworks usa. they seem really nice people i now loads about vox guitars the owner tells me he has 75 of them. peter

[rogb]

I have dealt with Brandoni & have nothing but praise for them
Rog

[kipper]

I have dealt with Brandoni & have nothing but praise for them
Rog

was it to do with vox guitars or buying in general rog. theres so much on the webb these days its hard to tell whats ficton and whats real. peter

[rogb]

Hi it was to do with an old eko I had
They where very helpfull & I ended up buying quite a few bits from them for a strat that I built
All good quality stuff
Rog

[rogb]

their own brand Brandoni humbuckers are excellent

[Mikey]

mikey just ordered a teardrop from phantom guitarworks usa. they seem really nice people i now loads about vox guitars the owner tells me he has 75 of them. peter

I'd be very interested in hearing what it's like as I'm sure will many others on this forum. Hopefully when it arrives you will post something about your first impressions and maybe a pic or two?

[kipper]

mikey just ordered a teardrop from phantom guitarworks usa. they seem really nice people i now loads about vox guitars the owner tells me he has 75 of them. peter

I'd be very interested in hearing what it's like as I'm sure will many others on this forum. Hopefully when it arrives you will post something about your first impressions and maybe a pic or two?

will do that. peter

[kipper]

Hi it was to do with an old eko I had
They where very helpfull & I ended up buying quite a few bits from them for a strat that I built
All good quality stuff
Rog

thanks it helps to hear first hand information. peter